JoJo by Christine Michelle & Christine M. Butler

Author:Christine Michelle & Christine M. Butler [Michelle, Christine & Butler, Christine M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mc romance
Publisher: Moonlit Dreams Publications
Published: 2019-04-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The whole world seemed a little fuzzy around the edges. I was hearing voices and my stomach felt like it was going to war with every other part of my body.

“That’s awful. You guys really can’t catch a break, huh? She was looking forward to meeting your parents too, since hers are both gone.” I recognized that voice. Knowing who was here, I dragged my body the rest of the way from my sleepy state and into the world of the wide-awake. “Hey there, sleepyhead!” Keys called out as I finally managed to crack an eye open.

“Hey!” I croaked the single word out and then reached for my now warm, and slightly flat ginger ale. Once I took a sip, I glanced over at my best friend. “I’m sorry, I can’t believe I slept all day.”

“You didn’t. I finished way earlier than expected and figured I’d bring some lunch by.”

“Awesome. Did you bring the tests too?”

Keys smiled widely as she nodded her head and looked off to the side toward my dining room where Steel happened to be standing. “Hey baby. Feeling up to some food? Keys brought you soup from that little place up the road.”

My stomach started making itself known again at the mention of the soup from the little drive up joint. “Yes, please! I’m starving.” Keys was still grinning like an idiot when I turned my attention back to her while Steel took off for the kitchen. “What?”

“I thought the whole test thing was a secret?”

Sighing, I looked at my friend and admitted the sad truth. “He suspected long before it ever dawned on me, apparently.” Keys laughed at my admission.

“I know,” she confessed. “He told me, and hey, don’t beat yourself up about it. You’ve had a lot of things going on that have thrown your world out of balance. So, do you want to go try those tests now?”

“Eat first,” Steel commanded as he came back in the room carrying a tray full of soup, crackers, and cold drinks. My best friend and husband bantered back and forth about some hacking job or other she’d been working on today. Apparently, some woman scorned had wanted to find out exactly who her husband was secretly sexting from the computer with a messenger style application. She was shocked to find out he had another family on the west coast, and apparently their marriage was not even legal, because the other wife had been around longer.

“That’s horrible,” I managed to choke out as I pushed everything away, feeling much better now that I had something on my stomach. It also had to hit a little too close to home for Keys. Her father had been a philandering dickwad of the highest order.

“No, what’s horrible is what both wives wanted me to do to get him in trouble with the law. I refused that part of the job. I do hope he gets what’s coming to him though.”

My bladder kicked in then, demanding immediate attention. “I’m gonna go…” I pointed upstairs.

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